Notes of Cabinet Meeting
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1. We did not assume there would be no military intervention. 2. There was massing of troops on the borders. 3. Thompson said they would go to any length to push Czechs back to pre-January site.
President Lyndon Johnson — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D84, White House, 1968-08-22 · The defensive framing, in tension with the record of 24 July
The political costs the Soviets would have to pay was one reason we thought they would not move.
Dean Rusk — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D84, White House, 1968-08-22 · The analytical error named out loud: the mirror-imaging of cost calculation
Document metadata
| Reference | FRUS 1964-68 v17 D84 |
|---|---|
| Originating body | White House — Johnson, Rusk, Clifford |
| Date | 1968-08-22 12:16-13:50 |
| Document type | wsag_minutes |
| Classification | Top Secret |
| Archive | Foreign Relations of the United States — Office of the Historian (US) |
| Provenance | Where the analytical error is named out loud |
Claims this document bears on
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The President's own defence concedes the troop massing was known.
supports
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Western analysis assumed Moscow would be deterred by the political costs of invading.
Stated by the Secretary of State two days after the event.
Information provenance
- derived_from (documented) → FRUS 1964-68 v17 D76 — The President's defence to the Cabinet cites Thompson's telegram of 2 August by its substance.